 The thing that has caused all the problems in the blue cities to have people sleeping on the streets everywhere? All the problems might overstate it, but yes, this has been an enormous problem to the point that in your bluest of blue cities, from Seattle to San Francisco to L.A., the city leaders are crying out for more latitude. They filed friends of the court briefs on what could be reasonably described as the conservative side, saying, hey, we need to be able to clear these encampments.